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Top2. Background
By applying BYOD policies in the organization, some knowledge about its background is essential. This background knowledge is about pervasive computing, ubiquitous computing, and information in real-time, as organization employees need information in real-time to develop their works.
Pervasive, also called ubiquitous computing, is the growing trend of embedding computa-tional capability into everyday objects to make them effectively communicate and perform useful tasks in a way that minimizes the end user’s need to interact with computers as com-puters. Pervasive computing devices are network-connected. The terms pervasive/ubiquitous signify “existing everywhere”, meaning devices that use pervasive/ubiquitous computing are totally connected and consistently available (Rouse, 2016).
Ubiquitous computing is a paradigm in which the processing of information is linked with each activity involving connected devices it can occur in any time, any device, any location, and any format (Rouse, 2016; Sen, 2012). The idea behind using BYOD in organizations with pervasive and ubiquitous computing is to provide a real-time intelligent environment for accessing information and applications through a new class of ubiquitous, intelligent devices that can work easily when and where it is needed. This means that pervasive and ubiquitous computing can be the first step to have the right BYOD policies implemented at the organization.